Monday, August 24, 2009

Pretty in Pink Summer Fruit Salad

I've been in a food rut the last several weeks. A combination of the heat, busy-ness, and pure unadulterated laziness have contributed to a steady diet of the same few things over and over again. I finally decided to break my boredom streak by making a luscious sweet summer dish that can double as a fruit salad and as a light dessert. It's quick and easy, and be dressed up or down to meet almost any one's taste or budget.

Ingredients:

1 large or two small containers of cottage cheese

1 small container cool whip

1 pkg jello, any flavor (I nearly always use strawberry, no matter what fruit I use)

fresh, canned, or frozen fruit of your choice

In a large mixing bowl, mix together cottage cheese and jello powder

Stir together until well blended

Add cool whip or other whipped topping

Stir together until the dark pink is completely blended

Add fruit of your choice.

If you use canned or thawed frozen fruit, be sure to drain it. I really really really like sliced fresh strawberries in this, but they looked terrible at the store so I stuck with canned fruit cocktail and sliced peaches, but into smaller chunks. Maybe not just as good as with fresh strawberries, but still well worth making.

You are supposed to chill until time to serve,but I usually eat my first bowlful right away.

Voila!

Yes, I know that's a margarita glass, but I got it at a lady's luncheon where it was used as a dessert dish, and I use it for that, as well. And since it's the only one I have, I use it as a special "I-feel-like-eating-something-light-and-fluffy-and-pink-and-ladylike" dessert glass.

And since I'm the only one in my family who eats this particular fruit salad (cause they think they don't like cottage cheese), it gets a real work-out when I make this.

And yes, except for the cottage cheese-container-full that I took to my parents, I ate the whole bowl. In two days. For dessert. And snacks. And breakfast.

It has cottage cheese and fruit in it, it has to be good for you, right?

Thanks for reminding me of this. I'm glad to get reaquainted with it.I would love to invite you to join me for Crock Pot Wednesday at diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com. Please come check it out. Thanks so much for posting.